Born in Osasco,[3] she is the daughter of a Japanese man and a woman from Bahia state, due to her exotic looks, her school colleagues in Nagoya suggested her to compete in the Aichi province's local beauty contest in 2006.
[5] Her television debut was in the Fantástico's sketch named “O Cupido”, in 2010, and in 2011 she guest starred in several episodes of the telenovela Malhação.
[7] Yanna Lavigne was part of the main cast of the 2013 telenovela Salve Jorge as a Turkish woman named Tamar.
[10] Yanna Lavigne played a victim of a homicide in the 2014 police TV series Dupla Identidade, by Glória Perez.
[11] She guest starred in the 2015 telenovela Babilônia as Susana, who is the mistress of the dishonest mayor Aderbal, played by Marcos Palmeira.